Man acquitted in 2015 homicide over lost phone among 3 wanted in weekend shooting

London Police have charged two men, and are looking to identify a third, following an early morning shooting downtown on Sunday, July 21. Police are still searching for all three suspects.

One of the charged men was previously found not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2015 killing of 18-year-old Jeremy Cook, a Brampton man who had been trying to retrieve a missing cellphone when he was shot. 

Mohamed Sail, 33, and Dean Robert Dickieson, 31, both of London, have been identified and charged by way of warrant in the July 21, shooting at Richmond and Clarence streets, police said in a news release issued Wednesday. Both of the men, as well as a third unidentified suspect were still at large, police said.

The charges stem from a shooting that happened around 4:30 a.m., last Sunday. A man was found by police roughly 30 minutes later with non-life threatening gunshot wounds near Richmond and Clarence. 

Both of the identified suspects are charged with:

Additionally, Mohamed Sail has been charged with:

In September 2018, Sail — 26 years old at that time — was acquitted in the shooting death of Cook. 

Cook, who had lost his phone, used an online tracking app to pinpoint its location to a parking lot in northeast London, where three men including Sail were found, a London jury heard in 2018. After a confrontation, Cook was shot and died.

The jury's verdict stated Sail was not guilty as it wasn't clear whether it was Sail or another suspect named Muhab Sultan — who drowned in the Rideau River while trying to evade arrest in Ottawa — who pulled the trigger.

Less than seven months after being acquitted in Cook's death, Sail was charged in a drugs and weapons bust by London police. 

Sail pleaded guilty to one of the charges in that case, and was given two years probation and a $2,000 fine.

In Tuesday's update, police described the third suspect in last week's shooting as a Black male, about 5'7", with a slender build and shoulder length dreadlocks.

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the third suspect, and locating all three. If seen, police said, the public should not approach the men, and should instead call 9-1-1, as all three are considered armed and dangerous.

Police are asking anyone who was in the area at the time of the shooting to reach out to them, or to contact Crime Stoppers.